‘The Rivalry’ dramatizes the famous debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858. ‘The Rivalry’ is an important history play, a humanities project in itself. Norman Corwin is one of the most important radio writer-director of factual programs and documentaries about the people and politics of America. It was to him that FDR turned a few days after Pearl Harbor to create the radio shows and films to support the war effort like The Bill of Rights. Corwin was commissioned on the 100th Anniversary of The Lincoln and Douglas Debates to write ‘The Rivalry’.
